Maintaining Your Culture in a Fast Growing Company

Hypergrowth companies, or companies with a compound annual growth rate of 40% or greater, face a unique set of challenges with culture management. While ideal, rapid exponential growth requires a strong network of people and values to keep an organization from falling apart, so it’s crucial to have systems in place that ensure uniform understanding and execution of company culture. We will cover: Why culture must be actively managed and cultivated How leaders can be explicit about the behaviors they value Building and scaling employee culture training The role managers play in cultivating culture Allowing culture to grow alongside your company Why culture must be actively managed and cultivated Rapid growth can lead to rapid collapse without a strong culture foundation What works for a team of 5 might not work for a team of 5,000 A value system is not unchangeable; it is always evolving How leaders can be explicit about the behaviors they value Establish clear and observable behaviors, avoiding abstract values like “respect” or “integrity” Model company values at all levels of the organizational structure Building and scaling employee culture training Incorporate company values into new hire onboarding Create an onboarding success team Build a digital library of learning content Utilize automation tools for scalable growth The role managers play in cultivating culture Managers are ambassadors for company culture Reinforce values with positive recognition